Nobody's Fault But Mine

Having listened to the song "Nobody's Fault But Mine" which is also played in "Madea Goes to Jail", I thought it would sound suitable for Bellwether. The image is based on what goes on in a story on Fanfiction.net, which is titled "The Rehabilitation of Dawn Bellwether" which I take no credit for, but was given permission by the artist to do any artwork based on the story. You can find it here, which is rated M, but I'm certain it won't contain any future uncomfortable content, unless it was minor to handle. Whatever happens, I'll just keep asking the author how it will go as he/she already mentioned doing it as two separate versions in case some readers are not too comfortable with smut, even if it was minor and not overdone. But I don't plan on doing any of that. Instead I focus on the harmless stuff...well almost harmless.

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In that story, Dawn was shocked in horror at the thought of nearly killing Judy, almost as if another sinister force had taken over her mind and heart before the police showed up. Once arrested and outsmarted, it's as if the dark force had left her, and she finally realized what she had done and could have done if she had not been stopped to save the city, and herself from going down that dark path further. However, it barely made Bellwether feel any better about anything, especially to hear what her first plans had cost her, all because she was broken by anger, fear, stress, and confusion, even still lingering in her mind as she cried silently in the jail cell she had been staying in at the ZPD building until her trial could be set up. She cries not only because she was caught, but due to shock and horror at the consequences behind her actions, unable to believe how she allowed her dark feelings to take over and not stop when she had a chance...it's like she really was trying too hard at wanting to be something she's not, and it all comes down to this: imprisonment. Now because of her actions, Dawn hears from a news reporter in honor of a celebration with the new mayor and assistant mayor being elected in office of her being labeled as a deranged and corrupt un-mammal which stings her terribly, but knows they're not wrong. TO make matters worse and heartbreaking, her attempts at contacting her family lead in their refusal to ever visit her anytime, her cold hard headed father renouncing her as his daughter, her actions forever tainting the "Bellwether" name. Imagine how hard it would be to have a lack of friendships over the past years and have one parent attempt at living his/her lost dreams through their child selfishly, and to be ostracized by them. When the time comes for her trial, Dawn does not lie about anything as she goes through details of how she had problems with predators all her life and working under Lionheart is what broke her. Her true plan was exiling all predators to a predator only district the moment citizens feared them enough to be deemed as too risky for both sides to ever join together again. Only now, her blinded visions brought on heartbreak and despair to the families of loved ones, and no telling how many other innocent mammals would have died because of her, which she deeply regrets. She admits that darting Mr. Otterton was an accident which she never wanted to in the first place, only Doug went against her wishes on leaving him be, insisting he knows too much about the night howlers that needed to be dealt with. She also admits having a soft spot for Judy whom she saw herself in and really wanted her to reach her dreams for all the "little guys" in the world. But when it came to Judy's refusal in Dawn's offer in being a role model for the prey citizens, Dawn felt hurt and betrayed, which later turned to blinded anger days later and wanted to make Judy pay for insulting everything she did for her and what could have been hers, having snapped to a point where she could not think straight about anything anymore. But by then she says how thankful she is that the serum was switched and couldn't have lived with herself if Judy really died, wishing the rabbit could hear her apology and sorrow for everything, not caring if the jury is unmoved as she knows they wouldn't believe her words of testimony. From one testimony after the others, Judy's testimony hurt her the most. Although not filled with bile or poison, each fact was delivered with no feeling, but Dawn is pained by the disappointment and pain in Judy's eyes near the end. Eventually, Dawn and her cohorts were found guilty, although the evidence found in the emails shared with Doug, Jesse, and Walter is where Dawn was given a light ten year sentence with the possibility of parole while her cohorts received a much longer sentence with no parole and therefore she would be provided with therapy.

Upon arriving in prison, better yet known as Alpine Crag Women's Correctional Facility, Dawn was brought in practically left catatonic, having done her best to mentally prepare for how she would handle the sentence given, having to be helped in changing into her prison gear and hardly registered when the had placed the shock collar on her. Yes, the shock collar. The very devices predators wore eons ago before they were deemed to inhumane by Congress. However, there is no doubt that some of the prison facilities would still use them, this time on inmates. The Crag facility where Dawn had been sent to was home to Zootopia's most dangerous criminals, and the collars are meant to prevent the inmates from attacking and killing each other. Not that Dawn would ever be capable of hurting a fly, but all inmates are required to wear them.

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